On the podcast, Alex Heeney takes a close look at Celine Song’s film Materialists, which poses the question: Is love enough when money is tight? Alex digs into the film’s strengths and weaknesses.
Women Directors
In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.
Ep. 175 How three very different films ended up in conversation
Join me (Alex Heeney) on a journey through three films I programmed inside Reel Ruminators — a British political thriller, an Indigenous Canadian documentary, and a queer South African drama — and discover how their contrasts help to illuminate each other.
Ep. 174 Mission: Impossible (1996) with Angelo Muredda
With the final chapter of the Mission: Impossible saga now in cinemas, we rewind to where it all began: Brian De Palma’s 1996 original.
HotDocs Review: Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh’s The Nest
Alex Heeney reviews Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh’s The Nest, a Gothic documentary about a haunted house that reveals lesser-known parts of Winnipeg’s intersectional history.
InsideOut Reviews: Sandbag Dam, The Nature of Invisible Things
Alex Heeney reviews Rafaela Camelo’s The Nature of Invisible Things and Čejen Černić Čanak’s Sandbag Dam at Toronto’s InsideOut LGBTQ+ Film Festival: two sensitive films about young people that young people should see.
Ep. 173 Beginnings and Endings: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (dir. Laura Piani)
On the podcast, Alex delves into the beginning and ending of one of the year’s best films, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. A close look at how tone, structure, blocking, and design create a powerful emotional payoff.